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Freely Available Information Resources: Articles, E-Books, & Lists of Resources
A select list of resources for e-books, articles, and other documents to get you started
Other Resources to Search for Article Citations
Google Scholar
Searches scholarly articles & books in all disciplines.
PubMed (Medicine)
Citations to articles in the biomedical literature. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.
ERIC (Education)
Citations to journal articles and educational documents. Produced by the U.S. Department of Education.
AGRICOLA (Agriculture)
Citations to agricultural literature from the National Agricultural Library.
Searchable Collections of Full Text Journal Articles
Ohio Web Library
Resources for Ohio residents. Includes EBSCOhost databases such as Business Source Premier & Academic Search Premier.
HighWire Press (Stanford)
Many free full text journal articles, mostly biological and medical sciences. Also physical and social sciences.
Public Library of Science: PLOS
Peer-reviewed open access journals in the sciences and medical fields.
JSTOR (Individual)
Different options for individuals to access JSTOR's collection of e-journals.
PubMed Central
Free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journals through National Library of Medicine.
Lists of Free Resources
Resources for Research (Berkeley)
Clinical/Medicine (GWU)
Government, Federal & State
Legal Research (Harvard)
Wikipedia List of Free Resources
Source of E-Books
HathiTrust
Digitized collections of libraries and research institutions around the world.
Ohio Digital Library
E-books, digital magazines, videos & audiobooks for Ohio citizens.
Project Gutenberg
Books in the public domain mostly literature and western culture.